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Chocolate Chip Castle Cake

I wanted to make a cake for a coworker’s birthday, and a chocolate chip cake just seemed appropriately fun. And since I was going for fun, I also decided to go with my much-neglected castle Bundt pan.

Bundts have so much to offer visually, before you even get to the taste.

You don’t cover these babies with frosting. You glaze. You ganache. You dust.

And then, if your cake is a castle, you add some flair.

Would you enjoy entering your office and being greeted by THIS on your birthday?

Chuck was!

The almond extract in this recipe is absolutely noticeable (heads up, non-almond lovers) and lends a grownup flavor to what is otherwise a very simple, dense, and delicious yellow cake, studded with chocolate chips.

Covering the cake with the chocolate glaze adds polish and texture, and the dusting of powdered sugar covers up any blemishes – like the crack I accidentally put in mine when I tipped it out of the pan improperly. The cake basically wore a girdle of plastic wrap overnight to keep it together…but you’d never know that, would you you?